ChristmasorChristmasDayisaholidaycelebratingthebirthofJesus,thecentralfigureofChristianity.ItistraditionallycelebratedonDecember25bymostWesternChristianchurches.Althoughdatingtoprobablyasearlyasa.d.200,thefeastofChristmasdidnotbecomewidespreaduntiltheMiddleAges.Aspectsofcelebrationmayincludegift-giving,Christmastrees,displayofNativitysets,churchattendance,theFatherChristmas/SantaClausmyth,andfamilygatherings.ThewordChristmasisderivedfromMiddleEnglishChristemasse.Itisacontractionmeaning"Christ'smass".ThenameoftheholidayisoftenshortenedtoXmasbecauseRomanletter"X"resemblestheGreekletterX,anabbreviationforChrist.
圣诞节或圣诞节是庆祝耶稣的节日,基督教的核心人物的诞生.这是12月25日庆祝传统上,大多数西方的基督教教堂.虽然可追溯到公元可能早200,圣诞大餐没有成为普遍直到中世纪.圣诞节庆祝活动包括赠送礼物,圣诞树,圣诞套,参加教堂活动显示,圣诞老人/圣诞老人传说,家庭聚会.Christmas一词来源于中世纪英语Christemasse.这是一个收缩的意思是“基督弥撒”.假日的名字往往是缩短到圣诞节,因为罗马字母“X”类似于希腊字母X,一为基督的缩写.